Cisco Systems N5KC5596TFA manual Adding a Port to a Port Channel, Trunk

Configuring Port Channels

Adding a Port to a Port Channel

Adding a Port to a Port Channel

You can add a port to a new channel group or to a channel group that already contains ports. Cisco NX-OS creates the port channel associated with this channel group if the port channel does not already exist.

Note If you want LACP-based port channels, you need to enable LACP.

Procedure

	Command or Action	Purpose
Step 1	switch# configure terminal	Enters configuration mode.
Step 2	switch(config)# interface type	Specifies the interface that you want to add to a channel
	slot/port	group and enters the interface configuration mode.
Step 3	switch(config-if)# switchport mode	(Optional)
	trunk	Configures the interface as a trunk port.
Step 4	switch(config-if)# switchport trunk	(Optional)
	{allowed vlan vlan-idnative vlan	Configures necessary parameters for a trunk port.
	vlan-id}
Step 5	switch(config-if)# channel-group	Configures the port in a channel group and sets the
	channel-number	mode. The channel-number range is from 1 to 4096.
		Cisco NX-OS creates the port channel associated with
		this channel group if the port channel does not already
		exist. This is called implicit port channel creation.
Step 6	switch(config-if)# no channel-group	(Optional)
		Removes the port from the channel group. The port
		reverts to its original configuration.

This example shows how to add an Ethernet interface 1/4 to channel group 1:

switch# configure terminal

switch (config)# interface ethernet 1/4 switch(config-if)# switchport mode trunk switch(config-if)# channel-group 1

Configuring Load Balancing Using Port Channels

You can configure the load-balancing algorithm for port channels that applies to the entire device.

Note If you want LACP-based port channels, you need to enable LACP.

Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Interfaces Configuration Guide, Release 5.2(1)N1(1)

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